A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque (or "corrie") excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn.

Feb 9, 2018 · This beautiful tarn sits in a glacially-carved cirque and is still bright turquoise due to the large amounts of fine glacial sediment suspended in its waters (Olympic National Park, Washington)

—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2022 The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in …

Dec 7, 2017 · A mountain pool or lake formed in the cirque of a glacier is known as a tarn, a rock-basin lake, or a corrie loch. A tarn is created when either river or rainwater fills up a cirque.

It really was a wild tarn, placed in the pocket of the mountains that encircled it.

2 days ago · Noun tarn (plural tarns) (Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. [from late 14th c.]

Jan 7, 2026 · A tarn is a distinctive type of mountain lake, pond, or pool found in high-altitude environments that have been shaped by ice. These relatively small, often remote bodies of water are …

Tarn, a small mountain lake, especially one set in a glaciated steep-walled amphitheatre known as a cirque

TARN definition: a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque. See examples of tarn used in a sentence.

Define tarn. tarn synonyms, tarn pronunciation, tarn translation, English dictionary definition of tarn. n. A small mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers.